How To Register A Boat In Wisconsin With No Title

You may operate your boat when you receive your certificate of registration and have electric current decals. Whatsoever temporary operating receipt you received at time of application is valid for only threescore days.

Requirements to operate on Wisconsin Waters

Wisconsin state law states that no person may operate, and no possessor may give permission for the operation of, whatsoever gunkhole on the waters of this land unless the gunkhole is covered past a certificate of number, a registration certificate, registration expiration decals, and if greater than 16 anxiety, a Wisconsin issued certificate of title or a Federal Coast Guard Certificate of Documentation.

In order to operate you must have the assigned registration number and expiration decals displayed on the side of the boat. In addition, the certificate of number must be carried onboard and available for inspection at all times. In Wisconsin, the certificate of number and the certificate of registration are combined into the aforementioned waterproof carte. Gunkhole owners may likewise operate on the authority of a threescore-day temporary operating receipt if boat was recently registered and possessor has non received registration materials in the mail.

Exceptions to the requirement to register a gunkhole include:

Sailboats 12 feet in length or less and non equipped with a motor, and sailboards.
Manually propelled boats that are not equipped with a motor or sail.
Boats registered in some other state and using Wisconsin waters for less than 60 consecutive days.

Wisconsin Registration Document

Wisconsin registration expiration decals

Displaying assigned registration number

The registration number (establish on the certificate of number card) must be displayed on the gunkhole as follows:

Numbers must exist placed on each side of the forwards half of the boat.
Number must be read from left to right.
Number must be at least three" high BLOCK letters.
Number must contrast with the colour of the boat and be clearly visible and legible.
Letters must exist separated from the numbers past a space at least two inches wide.
Two-toned and camouflage numbers are not legal and should non exist used.

Run into exemptions for Usa Coast Baby-sit documented boats

Display of expiration decals

Check equipment requirements and rules

Read the canoeing regulations for equipment requirements and other rules and regulations.

Boater rubber requirements

Wisconsin boating safety certification or out of state equivalent certification is required for operators born on or afterwards January one, 1989. Safe certification is required to operate at historic period xvi. Read the boating regulations for full details on age and operating restrictions.